| Five pointers on requesting a donation for a cause Posted: 27 Mar 2018 02:19 PM PDT ![Five pointers on requesting a donation for a cause]( "Five pointers on requesting a donation for a cause") This column is part of an occasional series about how you, too, can make a difference. It is written by the head of our partner organization UniversalGiving, which helps people give and volunteer in more than 100 countries. You might not be a professional fundraiser, but that doesn't mean you won't be helping to raise funds!
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| Why this round of expulsions may bring US, Russia to breaking point Posted: 27 Mar 2018 02:11 PM PDT ![Why this round of expulsions may bring US, Russia to breaking point]( "Why this round of expulsions may bring US, Russia to breaking point") After more than a year of serial diplomatic crises, punctuated by tit-for-tat expulsions, experts say the 60 Russians being kicked out of the US amid a show of Western anti-Russian solidarity over the Skripal affair may signal the end of any functional diplomacy between the two countries. In addition to the expulsions, the US is closing Moscow's consulate in Seattle, Russia's last diplomatic presence on the West Coast. Recommended: Sochi, Soviets, and czars: How much do you know about Russia?
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| The West’s real struggle with Moscow Posted: 27 Mar 2018 12:10 PM PDT ![The West's real struggle with Moscow]( "The West's real struggle with Moscow") Twenty-six countries have now joined in solidarity with Britain and expelled more than a hundred Russian envoys over the poisoning of a Russian ex-spy and his daughter in England. President Vladimir Putin may be popular, a result largely of heavy media manipulation, elimination of key opponents, and an exaggeration of foreign threats. The March 4 murder attempt on a Russian traitor fits a pattern of recent actions aimed at ensuring obedience to the Kremlin and, as Putin puts, to maintaining national unity around a national identity.
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| After hurricane María, a surge in domestic violence – and demands for change Posted: 27 Mar 2018 10:19 AM PDT ![After hurricane María, a surge in domestic violence – and demands for change]( "After hurricane María, a surge in domestic violence – and demands for change") When Catherine lost power after hurricane María last September, she feared for her life. "We used to argue once a week, maybe," says Catherine, sitting in an emergency women's shelter where she and her child have been living for the past five months. Domestic violence often spikes after natural disasters, when basic necessities become hard to find, and systems of protections like law enforcement break down. Preexisting challenges in Puerto Rico – from an overburdened criminal justice system to a financial crisis that made emergency response protocols nearly nonexistent – may have exacerbated the situation here, experts say.
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